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The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English.  1996.

7. Pronunciation Challenges: Confusions and Controversy

§ 15. angina


The pronunciation (n´j-n), which more accurately reflects the word’s Latin pronunciation, is more common in medicine. Both pronunciations, the one with stress on the second syllable and the one with stress on the first syllable, are acceptable in all circumstances, however.    1


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